FLETCHER GULL returns with new single + video for 'CITY IS BUSY'
Australian wunderkind Fletcher Gull has returned today with his cinematic marvel ‘City Is Busy’, out now via Snowhill Songs/AWAL.
Crafted in isolation but destined for the stage, ‘City Is Busy’ wallops kaleidoscopic production and rich textures and harmonies that glisten like diamonds in the rough, buoyed by New Romantic synths and pulsating Gameboy beats.
Calling out to disconnected souls, Fletcher Gull was inspired to pen the new track from a chance counter with an old school punk in North Melbourne. The accompanying visuals yearn in wanderlust, capturing the palpable kinetics of urban life. “She talked to me for a while, telling me about how her life used to be great in the ‘80s but now the city's busy, cold and lonely,” he recounts. “She said she used to have fun with her friends and motorbike around Australia, but now she can't even sit on the street without getting fined or arrested. She was tired of everything and old with nothing to look forward to, just waiting to be crucified.”
The video clip for 'City Is Busy' sees Fletcher dressed candidly in a suit and tie, walking amongst the bustling streets of the city. The video's director Theo Miller explains: “This video features Fletcher as a salesman. I like the idea of an old-school salesman as a life disrupter. They’re like preachers, people who knock on your door and call your life into question. I like the boldness of that. I see a bit of that in the song, it’s bold and direct, like a Jehovah’s Witness but not as exclusive.”
Gull’s new tale blasts his multidimensional, sparkling offbeat pop from the small screen to the multiplex. His mastery of intricate storytelling is shifted into the well deserved limelight that has already caught the attention of Australia's national radio station triple j, and BBC Introducing and CLASH in the UK.
A gifted wordsmith, Fletcher’s love of language is seen in his passion for literature which has trickled down into his lyricism - finding his name between the covers of his favourite book, Richard Bach’s novella “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”. His rhythms ramble like the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe, with themes venturing into a reverence for nature and ancient rites like Tolkien, with a soundtrack taking cues from the whimsy of indie rock epics The Shins and The Flaming Lips.
Fletcher Gull’s songs are rabbit holes - an invitation to let yourself tumble into a multiplicity of stories that are a means of connection; of finding togetherness in a world that can often make you feel alone. The trailers are well and truly over. Get your ears ready for Fletcher Gull’s main event.
FLETCHER GULL
'City Is Busy' (Single)
OUT NOW
